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Destructormode
Feb 13, 2019Aspirant
Having large lag spikes on WiFi every 10-15 seconds
Good day forums, I finally made the jump to a mesh network last month with the RBK50, one additional satellite, and one plug in satellite. So far it has been great- I have a large old home with thi...
Chuck_M
Feb 13, 2019Mentor
I would start with a complete cold reboot of modem, orbi and PCs to see if this was an anomaly.
What firmware are you running?
Have you examined your radio frequency (RF) spectrum for overlapping channels etc? Are you in an area that may have other people competing for same channel space?
I would get a Wifi analyzer app (free) and examine if you may have cochannel interference before anything else. The solution may be as simple as moving your channel into a clearer RF space.